Car-stove



(No Model.)

A. REE-SE. GAR STOVE.

N 269,324. Patented Dec. 19, 1882.

NA Farms. PholwLilhngrapMr Wnhingmn. n. c.

NITED STATES ABRAH REESE, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,324, dated December19, 1882. Application filed July 24, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ABRAM REESE, ofPittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certainnew and useful Improvements in (Jar-Stoves; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto, the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section'of one end of arailway-carwith myimprovements shown partly in section. Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe trigger. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the stove. Fig. 4. is a detail;Fig. 5, another. Fig. 6 is a detail view, showing the valve in itselevated position.

In Letters Patent No.142,867, granted to me September 16, 1873, l haveshown a car-stove so arranged with relation toa reservoir of water and avalve that the crushing in or breaking of the shell of the car causedthe valve to instantly open and discharge the contents of the reservoirinto the stove, and thereby extinguish the fire.

My present invention concerns certain improvements in the device alreadypatented by me, as stated, and has for its objects a more eflective modeof operation, better distribution of the discharging water, and theextinguishing of the fire not only by the crushing in or breaking of theshell of the car, but also by the collapse of the platform or thederailment of the wheels.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, allsubstantially as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

A designates .the stove, which may be of any of the usual forms forcoal-burning. The smoke-pipe B 'passes up from the back of, the stove tothe roof (J. D is the end of the car, E its platform, and F its bed.Above the stove I place the air-chamber G, to prevent undue evaporation,and on top of this I place the reservoir H, having means for fillingconveniently. The bottom of the reservoir H is formed into avalve-seat,a, for the downwardlyclosing valve 1), whose stein 0 passes up throughthe cross-bar d of a frame, E. Above bar d a spiral spring,'f, is placedon stem c, and compressed by the head 9 of the stem, so that, if iree,valve 1) will open upwardly.

To the upper ends of the frame E, I pivot at h h the elbow-crank leversh 71,, so arranged that when their upper ends are drawn inwardly theirother ends press downwardly upon the head 9 of the stem 0 and force thevalve to its seat. This drawing together of the levers h, I effect by aflexible wire cord, i, (or equivalent connection,) which passes thenceup through cover 7c of the reservoir, to and over a sheave, Z, attachedto the roof 0, whence it descends through the floor or bed F to thetripping devices under thecar. These are as follows: At a point aboutover the rail I attach to the bed of the car a hanger, in, having thebranch 12, both bifurcated for the trigger 0. The trigger is pivoted inbranch n of hanger m, which latter guides it vertically, and its end iswidened into the shoe 1), as shown. A bracket, (1, is attached to thecar-bed, having in its lower portiona socket, 1', (see Fig. 4,) intowhich fits a projection on the keeper 8, whose upper end is attached tothe wire cord i. Keeper 8 below passes down between the forked end oftrigger 0, and has a cross-pin, t, beneath it, as shown. Oord t'istightened so as to hold valve 1) closed, being drawn laterally by corda, connected tocar end D, again by the cord 0 to the timbers of platformE, and thus holding the keepers up against the bracket q. The cord '5will be slackened and the fire extinguished by flooding if the platformor bed collapse, if the end of the car be crushed in or broken, if theroof be caved in, or if the wheels leave the rails. This latter accidentinstantly causes shoe p to press upon the rail, tilting up that end oftrigger 0 and depressing the other end, and with it the keeper s, which,as soon as it is free from its seat in bracket q, swings loose andrelaxes the cord i. This releases the tension of the bifurcated cord i,allowing the levers h h to swing around on their pivots and permittingthe valve 1) to rise up from the seat, thus admitting the water from thereservoir D.

The top plate of the stove constituting the bottom J of the air-chamber,is perforated with a series'of holes, increasing in size from the centeroutwardly, (see Fig. 3,) and they are bored so as to diverge downwardlyand effect the desired distribution of the water over the whole surfaceof' the tire in the stove. By 1ncreasing the size of the holes towardthe outer rows, the water is discharged to the best advantage, as thesmaller holes at the middle will not allow all the water to passstraight down. I thus insure a uniform discharge of water over all thecoals. The adjusting cord or loop a, after being drawn tight,is lockedby the padlock w or similar device to prevent tampering.

To avoid wanton or untimely action of the trigger, I insert a wirethrough hanger m just; above the trigger. While this prevents movementof the trigger in all ordinary circumstances, it will be instantlysheared off when the wheels leave the rails, and thus allow the devicesto operate.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a railway-car, the combination of astove, a reservoir containing water above the level of the stove, aspring-opened valve closin g said reservoir, and aflexible cordconnected to said valve at one end and at the other to theplatform-timbers of the car, substantially as described, wherebycollapse of the platform relaxes the cord and opens the valve.

2. In a railway-car, the combination of a stove, a reservoir containingwater above the level of the stove, a spring-opened Valve closing saidreservoir, a flexible cord connected to said valve, and a trippingdevice under the car connected to said cord, and adapted to be operatedto relax the cord by impact of the rail, substantially as described.

3. In a railway-car, the combination of stove A, air-chamber G,reservoir H, spring-closing valve 1), frame 6, levers h, and flexiblecord 1', substantially as described.

4. In a railway-car, the combination, with stove A. of the reservoir H,chamber G,-and plate J, having divergent perforations increasing in sizefrom the center outwardly, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with valve 1), of the cord i, bracket q, keeper .9,having pin t, trigger 0, and hanger m a, substantially as described.

In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

ABRAM REESE.

Witnesses:

T. J. MOTIGHE, THOMAS J. PATTERSON.

